Six years’ jail for taking $670,000 from former employer

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MISGUIDED loyalty prompted Chi Wah Eric Yip to take more than $670,000 from his former employer.

He used the money to buy 10 properties, which were occupied by his work colleagues during a tight rental market.

Then aged 40 to 43, Yip used his position as administration and accounting manager for Thomas Borthwick and Sons Pty Ltd to divert money into nine different accounts over three and a half years between 2010 and 2014.